Windows 2012 BitsTransfer

Question

I have few servers with Windows 2012, but im not able to use Start-BitsTransfer cmdlet. The same cmdlet works fine on Windows server Windows 2012 R2 and 2016. Do you know what should be enabled to in Windows Server 2012?

Start-BitsTransfer -source https://...

Start-BitsTransfer : An error occurred in the secure channel support At line:1 char:1 + Start-BitsTransfer -source https://... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Start-BitsTransfer], Exception + FullyQualifiedErrorId : StartBitsTransferCOMException,Microsoft.BackgroundIntelligentTransfer.Management.NewBitsTransferCommand

Answer 1

I believe WS2012 doesn't contain TLS 1.1/1.2 in its SecureProtocols registry key. From Microsoft Support :

The SecureProtocols registry entry that has value 0xA80 for enabling TLS 1.1 and 1.2 will be added in the following paths: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Internet Settings HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Internet Settings

Per the TLS-SSL Settings article, for TLS 1.1 and 1.2 to be enabled and negotiated on Windows 7, you MUST create the "DisabledByDefault" entry in the appropriate subkey (Client) and set it to "0". These subkeys will not be created in the registry since these protocols are disabled by default.

Create the necessary subkeys for TLS 1.1 and 1.2; create the DisabledByDefault DWORD values and set it to 0 in the following locations:

For TLS 1.1 Registry location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\SecurityProviders\\SCHANNEL\\Protocols\\TLS 1.1\\Client DWORD name: DisabledByDefault DWORD value: 0

For TLS 1.2 Registry location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\SecurityProviders\\SCHANNEL\\Protocols\\TLS 1.2\\Client DWORD name: DisabledByDefault DWORD value: 0